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Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 02:55 AM
Google has rolled out a new version of its AdSense programme for YouTube videos that will pay site publishers and video producers.
The service will display rotating text ads along the bottom of a video. The ads will be displayed only on videos embedded on pages for participating publishers, but not on YouTube pages.
Publishers can limit the YouTube videos to individual sources, such as their own content, and run a selection of videos filtered by keywords.
Google proposes that publishers use the embedded players to bring in and retain visitors.
"Website publishers realise that getting people to visit your website is only half the equation," said Google product marketing manager Christine Lee in a posting to a company blog.
"Growing your audience is important, but keeping your audience engaged and staying on your site longer is just as important, if not more so."
Publishers will need accounts with AdSense and YouTube to use the service. The two accounts will be merged on registering for the AdSense video programme.
Similar to Google's text version of AdSense, advertisers are charged only when an individual clicks on an ad. In the video programme, however, the site publisher and the video producer will be given a share of the ad revenue.
Whether the content providers will need an AdSense account in order to get paid was not disclosed. The company did not return a request for comment from vnunet.com.
The service is currently available in the US only. Google did not disclose any details for an international launch.
The service will display rotating text ads along the bottom of a video. The ads will be displayed only on videos embedded on pages for participating publishers, but not on YouTube pages.
Publishers can limit the YouTube videos to individual sources, such as their own content, and run a selection of videos filtered by keywords.
Google proposes that publishers use the embedded players to bring in and retain visitors.
"Website publishers realise that getting people to visit your website is only half the equation," said Google product marketing manager Christine Lee in a posting to a company blog.
"Growing your audience is important, but keeping your audience engaged and staying on your site longer is just as important, if not more so."
Publishers will need accounts with AdSense and YouTube to use the service. The two accounts will be merged on registering for the AdSense video programme.
Similar to Google's text version of AdSense, advertisers are charged only when an individual clicks on an ad. In the video programme, however, the site publisher and the video producer will be given a share of the ad revenue.
Whether the content providers will need an AdSense account in order to get paid was not disclosed. The company did not return a request for comment from vnunet.com.
The service is currently available in the US only. Google did not disclose any details for an international launch.
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Posted by : trraju on Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 02:54 AM
Google has acquired mobile networking firm Jaiku for an undisclosed sum, furthering its push into social networking services.
Jaiku launched in July 2006 with a mobile micro-blogging service similar to Twitter. Such services allow users to inform friends of their activities at any time.
Tony Hsieh, a product manager at Google, wrote in the official Google blog: "Although we do not have definite plans to announce at this time, we are excited about helping to drive the next round of developments in web and mobile technology."
Some commentators have speculated that the service could be integrated into Google's proposed G-Phone mobile operating system.
Jaiku founders Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen said that the service will continue to run normally and that Jaiku users will still be able to invite new friends.
However, new user registrations have been closed for the time being "in order to focus on innovation instead of scaling".
Jaiku employees will be transferred to Google and will continue to work on developing the service.
Jaiku is the latest in a string of recent acquisitions by Google. Last month the search giant acquired mobile social networking platform Zingku, also for an undisclosed amount, and recently picked up video game advertising firm Adscape Media for $23m.
Jaiku launched in July 2006 with a mobile micro-blogging service similar to Twitter. Such services allow users to inform friends of their activities at any time.
Tony Hsieh, a product manager at Google, wrote in the official Google blog: "Although we do not have definite plans to announce at this time, we are excited about helping to drive the next round of developments in web and mobile technology."
Some commentators have speculated that the service could be integrated into Google's proposed G-Phone mobile operating system.
Jaiku founders Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen said that the service will continue to run normally and that Jaiku users will still be able to invite new friends.
However, new user registrations have been closed for the time being "in order to focus on innovation instead of scaling".
Jaiku employees will be transferred to Google and will continue to work on developing the service.
Jaiku is the latest in a string of recent acquisitions by Google. Last month the search giant acquired mobile social networking platform Zingku, also for an undisclosed amount, and recently picked up video game advertising firm Adscape Media for $23m.
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Posted by : Anonymous on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 03:30 AM
Google is preparing a future update of its search engine that lets users search content in any language.
The cross-language information retrieval technology uses software to translate queries into English. It then performs the search and translates the results back to the original language.
Arabic speakers, for instance, will be able to look for reviews on New York restaurants, even if such information is not natively available in that language.
The search giant showed off the technology at a company event at its corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
"As far as you are concerned, you search in your language," said Udi Manber, Google's vice president of engineering. "There is a better chance that you get good results."
Manber said that the technology will be launching "soon", but did not provide a projected launch date.
He also showed off a project that will try to interpret a user's search intentions instead of performing the query to the letter.
Google already assists users by performing a spell check on search queries, or suggesting alternative queries for probable mistakes.
The cross-language information retrieval technology uses software to translate queries into English. It then performs the search and translates the results back to the original language.
Arabic speakers, for instance, will be able to look for reviews on New York restaurants, even if such information is not natively available in that language.
The search giant showed off the technology at a company event at its corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
"As far as you are concerned, you search in your language," said Udi Manber, Google's vice president of engineering. "There is a better chance that you get good results."
Manber said that the technology will be launching "soon", but did not provide a projected launch date.
He also showed off a project that will try to interpret a user's search intentions instead of performing the query to the letter.
Google already assists users by performing a spell check on search queries, or suggesting alternative queries for probable mistakes.
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Posted by : Brian Quinton on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 10:55 PM
The two biggest search powers are setting their sights beyond either search or the browser and aiming to become more integral to entertainment on the Web, judging by the announcements their CEOs made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week.
Yahoo! and Google both debuted services that will let users interact in new ways with movies and video over the Internet. And while only Yahoo´s offering will open up new territory for ads in the short term, both may eventually result in new opportunities for marketers to get in front of users.
Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel used his CES keynote speech on Friday to unveil Yahoo Go, a portfolio of new services that will let users access their Yahoo! content - including photos, calendar, e-mail, instant messages and address books-across a number of devices connected to the Internet, including mobile phones and TVs connected to a personal computer. The new services, Yahoo Go Mobile, Yahoo Go TV and Yahoo Go Desktop, have interfaces specifically designed to suit users´ devices and will automatically be able to detect what kind of device they´re being accessed over.
Yahoo! Go Mobile will offer communications and media applications from Yahoo! and will solve common problems such as losing contact phone numbers along with a lost phone. With Yahoo Go Mobile, those contact numbers can be stored on the Web and accessed via another phone. User will also be able to upload photos from their camera phones directly to a Yahoo Photos Web page. Yahoo! has deals in place with Nokia and Motorola to build phones that incorporate Yahoo Go Mobile, and Cingular Wireless will also deliver the services on mobile devices it offers to users.
Yahoo! and Google both debuted services that will let users interact in new ways with movies and video over the Internet. And while only Yahoo´s offering will open up new territory for ads in the short term, both may eventually result in new opportunities for marketers to get in front of users.
Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel used his CES keynote speech on Friday to unveil Yahoo Go, a portfolio of new services that will let users access their Yahoo! content - including photos, calendar, e-mail, instant messages and address books-across a number of devices connected to the Internet, including mobile phones and TVs connected to a personal computer. The new services, Yahoo Go Mobile, Yahoo Go TV and Yahoo Go Desktop, have interfaces specifically designed to suit users´ devices and will automatically be able to detect what kind of device they´re being accessed over.
Yahoo! Go Mobile will offer communications and media applications from Yahoo! and will solve common problems such as losing contact phone numbers along with a lost phone. With Yahoo Go Mobile, those contact numbers can be stored on the Web and accessed via another phone. User will also be able to upload photos from their camera phones directly to a Yahoo Photos Web page. Yahoo! has deals in place with Nokia and Motorola to build phones that incorporate Yahoo Go Mobile, and Cingular Wireless will also deliver the services on mobile devices it offers to users.
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Posted by : Anonymous on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 10:52 PM
Along with Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen honed his programming skills in the 1960s on Digital Equipment Corp. computers. Monday, Allen launched a Web site devoted to those computers and the pioneers who created them.
The site, www.PDPplanet.com, "fulfills my hope that the achievements of early computer engineers aren't lost to time," Allen said in a statement.
About two years in the making, the site features 16 photos of early DEC computers, chronicles the 17-month restoration to working condition of a disused DECsystem-1090, explains the history of Allen's mainframe and minicomputer collection, and offers links to other groups and sites devoted to early computers.
It also lets select registered visitors connect to a working DECsystem-10 or an XKL Toad-1 (a PDP-10 clone) and create or upload programs and run them.
"It gives them an appreciation of how it felt to be an early programmer," Allen said.
Allen and Gates got their starts in computing by time-sharing at Seattle's Lakeside High School. They used PDP-10s when they worked at Computer Center Corp. in Seattle in 1968.
PDP stands for Programmed Data Processor. Digital Equipment's first computer was the PDP-1, in 1960. It took up about 17 square feet of floor space, according to a handbook. Its washing-machine-size disk drives each held 150 megabytes of data.
"Those experiences during my teen years began my interest in programming and technology, and changed my life," Allen said.
The site, www.PDPplanet.com, "fulfills my hope that the achievements of early computer engineers aren't lost to time," Allen said in a statement.
About two years in the making, the site features 16 photos of early DEC computers, chronicles the 17-month restoration to working condition of a disused DECsystem-1090, explains the history of Allen's mainframe and minicomputer collection, and offers links to other groups and sites devoted to early computers.
It also lets select registered visitors connect to a working DECsystem-10 or an XKL Toad-1 (a PDP-10 clone) and create or upload programs and run them.
"It gives them an appreciation of how it felt to be an early programmer," Allen said.
Allen and Gates got their starts in computing by time-sharing at Seattle's Lakeside High School. They used PDP-10s when they worked at Computer Center Corp. in Seattle in 1968.
PDP stands for Programmed Data Processor. Digital Equipment's first computer was the PDP-1, in 1960. It took up about 17 square feet of floor space, according to a handbook. Its washing-machine-size disk drives each held 150 megabytes of data.
"Those experiences during my teen years began my interest in programming and technology, and changed my life," Allen said.
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Posted by : trraju on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 10:55 AM
Google has launched the Google Enterprise Professional programme in an effort to persuade more businesses to use the search company's services.The new programme allows service providers and software developers to be trained in Google's professional products, including the Google Search Appliance and Google Desktop Search for Enterprises. The company has several such products, but provides only basic support and does not offer customisation services. Membership of the programme allows enterprises to use the Google technology search data from sources that are not currently accessible.
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Posted by : Anonymous on Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 04:02 PM
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Four years after it shuttered the original Napster with a legal assault, the recording industry is taking a different approach to online file-swapping: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Recording companies have begun taking steps to legitimize the peer-to-peer technology that lets computer users share songs, video and other files with one another online.
Recording companies have begun taking steps to legitimize the peer-to-peer technology that lets computer users share songs, video and other files with one another online.
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Posted by : trraju on Friday, May 06, 2005 - 07:19 AM
Google is offering a beta of a new search service that boosts speed by using special servers and cached pages. The Google Web Accelerator is available as a toolbar for the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers.
The system uses dedicated servers that continually store and update the most popular pages. If a previously downloaded page has changed the servers will only send the changes so that it can update more quickly. Unfortunately only broadband users will benefit. "Dial-up users may not see much improvement," said Google in a statement.
The system uses dedicated servers that continually store and update the most popular pages. If a previously downloaded page has changed the servers will only send the changes so that it can update more quickly. Unfortunately only broadband users will benefit. "Dial-up users may not see much improvement," said Google in a statement.
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Posted by : Anonymous on Friday, May 06, 2005 - 07:15 AM
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo Inc. shifted its online video search tool out of its test phase Wednesday, marking another step in the Internet powerhouse's plan to use other media to lure more visitors to its Web site. The Sunnyvale-based company created a separate search channel for online videos in December. The product had been running as a test, or "beta," until late Wednesday evening. As part of the upgrade, Yahoo is indexing more video from several new media sources, including CBS News, MTV, the Discovery Channel and The Food Network.
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Posted by : trraju on Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 10:16 AM
Users of Netscape 7.2 and 6.2.3 have been advised to abandon the software owing to a flaw in the way the browser handles images. A new critical advisory from Danish security watchdog Secunia warns that a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way the browser handles GIF images could cause systems to crash or allow malicious code onto a machine without the user's knowledge. The only advice the firm offers to deal with the problem is to "use another product". The flaw is similar to one that plagued the Mozilla browser, for which a patch was released last month.
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